Definition of stack

• a. - A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
• a. - A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
• a. - A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
• a. - A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:
• a. - Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
• a. - A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
• a. - A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
• n. - To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.